Post by sirach on Feb 24, 2017 19:08:53 GMT
My Catholic paper arrived today with this article:
The Diocese of Coimbra concluded its phase of the sainthood cause of Carmelite Sister Lucia dos Santos. Bishop Virgilio formally closed the local phase of investigation into her life and holiness Feb 13 in the Carmelite convent of St. Teresa in Ccoimbara, where she resided until her death in 2005 at the age of97.
The ceremony included the sealing of 50 volumes - 15,00 pages - of evidence and witness testimonies detailing the life of Sister Lucia. After a thorough review of the materials and a judgment that Sister Lucia heroically lived the Christian virtues, her cause still would require the recognition of two miracles - one for a beatification and another for canonization - attributed to her intercession.
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Anyone needing a miracle might want to petition Lucia and perhaps obtain one of the two miracles required by the Church as final witness of her sanctity.
